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she may be popular and beloved by many
but Ellen DeGeneres can be quite the
controversial figure
welcome to watchmojo.com in which Ellen
DeGeneres displayed unsavory behavior
this can come in the form of
controversial moments on her show or
allegations that were made against her
in the media number 10 forgetting Katy
Perry was married Ellen has had a few
problematic run-ins with poor Katy Perry
one came in October 2017 when Ellen
referenced Katie's breasts on Twitter
while wishing her a happy birthday
the post was immediately labeled as
sexist and some people saw it as a
double standard within the industry
especially amidst the me2 movement that
was occurring at the time another
instance occurred on Ellen's show when
she told Katy Perry directly to her face
that she was never married when I was 25
Katy was forced to awkwardly remind her
about Russell Brand which probably
wasn't easy considering she battled
depression after the divorce to make
matters worse Katy had to remind Ellen
that she gave her wedding gifts on the
show remember you gave me some wedding
gifts on this show number 9 making Kathy
Griffin cry there have long been rumors
and allegations that Ellen is not nearly
as friendly as her public persona
suggests in fact Kathy Griffin
references this in her book Kathy
Griffin's celebrity run-ins my a-to-z
index saying that Ellen has quote a mean
streak that all of Hollywood knows about
I'm almost positive a certain beloved
daytime talk-show host once had me
kicked out of the backstage dressing
room at the Primetime Emmy Awards while
Kathy doesn't explicitly mention Ellen's
name she accidentally revealed that the
allegations were about Ellen while
promoting the book she was furious
she really was on a rant
this caused Ellen to call her up and as
Kathy recalls quote I think she had a
thought that she was going to put me in
my place the two proceeded to fight over
the phone and when Kathy eventually hung
up she sobbed like a baby her words not
ours let's move on I said oh this is my
experience with you I said you're you've
been mean to me I'm not saying you're
mean person across the board but you
can't like take my sore anyways like my
experience number eight calling out
Nancy so before the show I put out some
Ellen products with a sign that said
only one per person and I just wanted to
see how honest my audience was you know
maybe we present to you one of the most
controversial bits in Ellen history to
test the honesty of her audience Ellen
and her team set up hidden cameras in
the gift shop and placed them near a
free swag table the catch you could only
take one free item I mean any of you
could have taken more than one thing and
you didn't except for these ladies right
here well a good old Nancy took more
than one item so Ellen decided to call
her out in front of everyone and on
camera and proceeded to make her sit in
Ellen Jail which was a very high seat to
the side of the stage you think nobody's
watching you and you just need to be a
good person just because you want to be
a good person you go sit in that Ellen
Jail over there right now yeah the whole
thing was most likely staged but still
that just proves how fake and
manufactured these hilarious skits
really are number seven annoying
celebrities there are times Ellen can be
so annoying that even her guests can't
hide their frustration every now and
again Ellen does some kind of remote
segment where she takes celebrities out
and does silly things with them in
public and inevitably some end and the
guest telling Ellen how annoying she is
trust me I don't just hold that two
great examples of this happening are
Michelle Obama and Cher when Ellen took
Michelle Obama shopping to prepare her
for life outside the White House it
ended with Michelle telling Ellen that
she's really annoying you know you're
really annoying it's like taking a
three-year-old to the store meanwhile
Cher's clip sees her and Ellen styling
hair for some fans and wouldn't you know
it
it ends with Ellen making fun of Cher's
lyrics and cher calling Ellen a [ __ ]
yeah she knows me they know me better
than they know you number six
not working with Howard Stern remember
when Ellen was a judge on American Idol
one of the few people I think we can be
honest with Simon about how he takes on
the contestants yes is that your plan
I'm sorry I wasn't listening
back in 2010 Ellen and Howard Stern were
embroiled in some drama when it was
announced that Stern was potentially
taking over for Simon Cowell Ellen
wasn't having any of that and she
allegedly claimed that she would leave
the show if Stern was brought in but
here's here's the thing I was scared of
you for years I mean years
Howard reciprocated telling
Entertainment Tonight quote I won't work
with Ellen she's out if I come in he was
a bit more candid on his radio show
saying quote I'm not gonna sit there
with her
that dummy luckily they seemed to have
made up and Ellen revealed on stern
shows that being a judge on American
Idol was quote one of the worst
decisions she'd ever made
Claire step forward and then step back
real quick you're all going through
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Sage's number five Dakota Johnson's
birthday party why I didn't even know
you liked me of course I like you you
knew I liked you you've been on the show
many times and and don't I show like if
you're not gonna show up to someone's
birthday party you better have a solid
excuse Ellen did not this awkward
interaction began when Ellen claimed
that she wasn't invited to Dakota
Johnson's birthday party how was the
party I wasn't invited actually no
that's not the truth
Ellen you were invited Dakota however
did invite Ellen she just didn't show up
yeah but I did invite you and you didn't
come so this time you invited me yeah
are you sure yeah Ellen's crew vaguely
responded that she was out of town and
Ellen answered an agreement by saying
that she had that thing why didn't I go
I don't know was it was it oh yeah I had
that thing when Ellen remembered that
she'd been invited she said that Malibu
was too far away
so to recap she lied to Dakota by saying
she wasn't invited
she didn't give Dakota an excuse for not
showing up only to claim that the party
was too far away some friend no I think
I do remember I was invited thank you no
but I really didn't remember that until
just now number four she didn't support
the writers strike
I'm Greg Daniels the showrunner for the
office and this is our second day of
picketing in order to shut down our own
show from November 2007 to February 2008
Hollywood went through the Writers Guild
of America strike centered on increasing
funding and profits for professional
film and television writers Ellen was
identified as the first scab of the
strike as she crossed the picket lines
and went back to work after just one day
of protesting alongside her writers the
WGA East subsequently declared that
Ellen was quote not welcome in New York
following her decision and scathingly
stated that she quote couldn't even
stand by her writers for more than one
day writers who have helped make her
extremely successful very much I mean
they want for extra
DVD and they want 2.5% of whatever they
make for profits for Internet number 3
people can't talk to her on set
allegedly if any stock is to be found in
an anonymous insider sources an Ellen
really isn't a good person to work for
for one you literally can't even speak
to her radar Online has alleged that
only a select few employees are allowed
to speak to Ellen on set they claimed
that employees are also expected to turn
their backs Talon as she walks by which
to us sounds a little extreme and
gossipy but hey it could be true the
source is directly quoted as saying
quote no one is allowed to engage Ellen
in conversation or even look her in the
eye
we got wanting to work on a big-time
talk show but that sounds like a pure
nightmare
number two the George W Bush Fiasco
people were upset they thought why is it
gay Hollywood liberal sitting next to a
conservative Republican president didn't
even notice I'm holding the brand new
iPhone 11 and Ellen found herself in a
bit of trouble when she was caught
attending a football game with George W
Bush some felt this betrayed Ellen's
activism within the lgbtq+ community as
w was opposed to same-sex marriage while
in office and so I'm sitting in the in
the Cowboys suite the owner of the
Cowboys and secretly cheering every time
the Packers scored or every time another
whistleblower came forward Ellen's
defense also garnered some criticism she
stated that she would be kind to
everyone regardless of their personal or
political beliefs this response led to
accusations that Ellen was practicing
clear class solidarity that being kind
trumped defending human rights and that
she was telling the discriminated to
forgive and befriend their oppressors
this just isn't to people who have a
difference of opinion
I know people start bringing up things
like war criminal and the election from
Al Gore a satirical video about the
situation which her team fought to erase
certainly did not help matters
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notifications number one she allegedly
treats her staff like peasants I know
here's my friend Ron how are you Ron
whatever okay so here we go we briefly
touched on Ellen's alleged hostile
working relationship with her staff but
it gets much much worse not only does
she allegedly disallow conversation she
allegedly treats staffers as peasants
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aside from the no speaky speaky thing
she apparently also doesn't brief her
employees about the show and we assume
they're supposed to just go along with
your plans it's also reported that she
has an enormous ego flips out on people
over the smallest things and perhaps
worst of all generates discord within
her staff by excluding certain people
from events to create tension jealousy
and hurt feelings she sounds like a
great boss
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